Posted by partlycloudy on December 19, 2004, at 21:26:23
In reply to First post ... tired of hurting., posted by Alecto on December 19, 2004, at 19:29:01
Hello, Alecto. We sound rather similar, I think. 14 months ago I sought treatment for my depression, anxiety and panic. I was on Effexor XR for a year. It really seemed to lift the depression and work on the anxiety very well. Side effects were always an annoyance (OK, a problem, I am a whiner). I tried to take BuSpar as an adjunct but couldn't tolerate the headaches. I switched to Wellbutrin and did really well, felt pretty OK.
During this time, I was also trying to stabilize my hormonal period as perimenopause has been lurking for quite a while. My big crash, in all terms, was this August when I stopped all hormonal treatments on my own due to 5 day migraine headaches. My depression took a deep quick descent, and I ended up taking a leave from work to get sorted out.
Short story: the Effexor stopped working. My hormones got all discombobulated. One doctor at a time, I went through assessing and correcting my medication. I am now on Cymbalta 60mg/day, having tapered successfully off Effexor. Wellbutrin was tougher for me to stop taking- don't know why.
I switched to a birth control pill regime and patch system that I responded well to. I keep careful track of my daily symptoms.I'm feeling loads better now, but it took a lot of work to get here.
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